The New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal was a commemorative medal awarded in New Zealand in 1990 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the signing of the
Treaty of Waitangi
The Treaty of Waitangi ( mi, Te Tiriti o Waitangi) is a document of central importance to the History of New Zealand, history, to the political constitution of the state, and to the national mythos of New Zealand. It has played a major role in ...
, and was awarded to approximately 3,000 people.
Background
The New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal was instituted by Royal Warrant of Queen
Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during ...
on 9 February 1990. It was to be awarded only during 1990 to about 3,000 people selected in recognition of the contribution they have made to some aspect of New Zealand life, especially the various 1990 celebrations. Subsequently 3,632 medals were awarded.
The medal is known as the Sesquicentennial Medal, because it was issued on the 150th anniversary of signing of the
Treaty of Waitangi
The Treaty of Waitangi ( mi, Te Tiriti o Waitangi) is a document of central importance to the History of New Zealand, history, to the political constitution of the state, and to the national mythos of New Zealand. It has played a major role in ...
by representatives of the British Crown and various Māori chiefs from the North Island of New Zealand on 6 February 1840.
The New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal is an official medal to be worn on all occasions on which decorations and medals are worn. It is worn after Coronation and Jubilee medals, but before decorations and medals for long service. It is accompanied by a certificate bearing the signatures of the Queen, the Governor-General and the Prime Minister.
Notable recipients
The following list includes notable people who received the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal, and is not an exhaustive list of recipients.
Lance Adams-Schneider
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Noel Anderson
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Ander ...
Jim Anderton
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Anderton's political career began when he was elected to th ...
Jon Andrews
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Derek Angus
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Doug Anthony
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Te Atairangikaahu
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Ian Athfield
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Peter Atkins
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Anne Audain
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Margaret Austin
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Rex Austin
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Austin was born in Riverton, Southland, in 1931. Of Māori descent, he affiliated to Ngāi Tahu, Waitaha and Kāti Māmo ...
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Graeme Avery
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Ann Ballin
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David Baragwanath
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Ron Barclay
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Jim Barnes
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Michael Bassett
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Mary Batchelor
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Margaret Bazley
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David Beattie
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Richard Bedford
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Bruce Beetham
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John Belgrave
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David Bellamy
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Bill Birch
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Gordon Bisson
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Norman Blacklock
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Jim Bolger
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Reg Boorman
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Lionel Bowen
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John Bracewell
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Don Brash
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Barry Brill
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Bill Brock
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Len Brown
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Tony Browne
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Vicki Buck
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Philip Burdon
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Kerry Burke
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Carolyn Burns
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Hector Busby
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David Butcher
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Gregor Cameron
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David Carruthers
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Silvia Cartwright
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Maurice Casey
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Len Castle
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David Caygill
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Charles, Prince of Wales
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Ursula Cheer
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Neil Cherry
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Cherry was born in Christchurch on 29 September 1946. His parents were James Conrad Cherry and Mona Hartley, who h ...
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John Chewings
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Chewings was born in 1920 at Invercargill. He received his education at Waitaki Boys' High School. During World War II, he w ...
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Muir Chilwell
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Ron Chippindale
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Born in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England, on 26 March ...
Helen Clark
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Fraser Colman
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Ray Columbus
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Ken Comber
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Comber was born in New Plymouth in 1939. He received his education at St Joseph ...
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Graham Condon
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Jeremy Coney
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Sandra Coney
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Coney was born in Auckland on 22 October 1944, the daughter of ...
Mick Connelly
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Connelly was born in Wellington o ...
Angus Cooper
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Michael Cooper
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Warren Cooper
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Whina Cooper
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Assid Corban
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Paul Cotton
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Ben Couch
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Mel Courtney
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Joy Cowley
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Wyatt Creech
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Max Cryer
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Allen Curnow
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Curnow was born in Timaru, New Zealand, the son of a fourth generation New Zealander, an Anglican clergyman, and he grew up in a relig ...
Barry Dallas
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Dallas was born in Masterton and attended Wairarapa College. He qua ...
Sonja Davies
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Ronald Davison
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Neil Dawson
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Roderick Deane
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Miriam Dell
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Richard Dell
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Charlie Dempsey
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Dempsey was a builder and emigrated with his wife to New Zealand in 1952.
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Dempsey was President o ...
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Avinash Deobhakta
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Colleen Dewe
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Colin Dickinson
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Lynley Dodd
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Haddon Donald
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Roger Douglas
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Bernard Dowiyogo
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Gavin Downie
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Peter Dunne
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Eddie Durie
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Jeremy Dwyer
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Paul East
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Elizabeth Edgar
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Dean Eyre
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John Falloon
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Bob Fenton
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Jenny Harper
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Parekura Tureia Horomia (9 November 1950 – 29 April 2013) was a New Zealand Labour Party politician who served as Minister of Māori Affairs between 2000 and 2008.
Early life
Horomia was born in Tolaga Bay of Ngāti Porou, Te Aitanga Hauiti, ...
Michael Houstoun
Michael James Houstoun (born 20 October 1952) is a concert pianist from New Zealand. He has twice in his life performed the complete cycle of Beethoven sonatas and in between these achievements, he overcame focal hand dystonia.
Early life
Hou ...
Keri Hulme
Keri Ann Ruhi Hulme (9 March 194727 December 2021) was a New Zealand novelist, poet and short-story writer. She also wrote under the pen name Kai Tainui. Her novel '' The Bone People'' won the Booker Prize in 1985; she was the first New Zealan ...
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Don Hunn
Donald Kent Hunn (born Wellington 26 December 1934) is a senior New Zealand diplomat and civil servant. Hunn is the son of Sir Jack Hunn, a former Secretary of Defence, Maori Affairs, and Justice.
Education
Hunn attended Wellington College ...
Lorrie Hunter
Clifford Lorrie Hunter (11 May 1900 – 1 July 1990) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.
Early life and family
Hunter was born at Waimea West on 11 May 1900, the son of Gordon MacKay Hunter and Edith Constance Hunter (née An ...
Trevor Inch
Trevor ( Trefor in the Welsh language) is a common given name or surname of Welsh origin. It is an habitational name, deriving from the Welsh ''tre(f)'', meaning "homestead", or "settlement" and ''fawr'', meaning "large, big". The Cornish langu ...
Guy Jansen
Guy Elwyn Jansen (27 May 1935 – 27 May 2019) was a New Zealand music educator and choral musician.
Early life and family
Born in Carterton on 27 May 1935, Jansen was educated at Horowhenua College. In 1960, he married Judy Mary Rolls, and t ...
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Ross Jansen
Sir Ross Malcolm Jansen (6 September 1932 – 15 December 2010) was a New Zealand local-body politician. He served as mayor of Hamilton from 1977 to 1989. He was an expert in local government, held a variety of positions, was academically ackno ...
Barbara Kendall
Barbara Anne Kendall (born 30 August 1967) is a former boardsailor from New Zealand. She competed at five Summer Olympic Games and won gold, silver and bronze medals.
Biography
Kendall was born in Papakura on 30 August 1967, the daughter of ...
Annette King
Dame Annette Faye King (née Robinson, born 13 September 1947) is a former New Zealand politician. She served as Deputy Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party and Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 2008 to 2011, and from 2014 until 1 March 20 ...
Peggy Koopman-Boyden
Dame Peggy Gwendoline Koopman-Boyden ( Boyden; born 16 August 1943) is a New Zealand gerontologist. A professor of social gerontology at the University of Waikato, she was accorded the title of professor emeritus when she retired in 2016.
Bo ...
Harry Lapwood
Henry Robert Lapwood (1 November 1915 – 26 April 2007) was a New Zealand soldier and a National Party politician.
Biography
Born at Tuakau, just south of Auckland, Lapwood was raised by an uncle and aunt, his mother having died when ...
Sybil Lupp
Sybil Audrey Marie Lupp (née Colley; 1 August 1916 – 26 December 1994) was a New Zealand mechanic, motor-racing driver, garage proprietor and motor vehicle dealer. She was born in Clive, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand on 1 August 1916.
Lupp was awa ...
Kerry Marshall
Kerry Leigh Francis Marshall (21 May 1940 – 3 March 2020) was a New Zealand politician who was active in local government in the northern part of New Zealand's South Island. He was mayor of three territorial authorities: Richmond borough (198 ...
Thaddeus McCarthy
Thaddeus (Latin ''Thaddaeus'', Ancient Greek Θαδδαῖος ''Thaddaĩos'', from Aramaic תדי ''Ṯaday'') is a male given name.
As of the 1990 Census, ''Thaddeus'' was the 611th most popular male name in the United States, while ''Thad'', ...
Ian McKinnon
Ian Duncan McKinnon (born 21 April 1943) is a New Zealand educator and local politician, and is a former deputy mayor of Wellington.
Education
McKinnon was educated at Nelson College from 1957 to 1961. He went on to Victoria University of Wel ...
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Jim McLay
Sir James Kenneth McLay (born 21 February 1945) is a New Zealand diplomat and former politician. He served as the ninth deputy prime minister of New Zealand from 15 March to 26 July 1984. McLay was also Leader of the National Party and Leader ...
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Alec McLean
Alexander Robert McLean (born 18 October 1950) is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic bronze medal.
Early life and family
Born in Wellington, New Zealand, on 18 October 1950, McLean was educated at Onslow College. In 1975, he marrie ...
Ross Meurant
Alan Ross Meurant (born 26 August 1947) is a New Zealand public figure, now Honorary Consul for Morocco, who has at various times gained public attention as a police officer, businessman, politician, and political lobbyist.
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Patrick Millen
Patrick Graham Millen (5 August 192714 July 1994) was a diplomat and the New Zealand Secretary of the Cabinet and Clerk of the Executive Council from 1973 until 1987. In 1991 he was ennobled as a Knight by Pope John Paul II in recognition o ...
Garry Moore
Garry Moore (born Thomas Garrison Morfit; January 31, 1915 – November 28, 1993) was an American entertainer, comedic personality, game show host, and humorist best known for his work in television. He began a long career with the CBS netwo ...
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Mike Moore Michael Moore is an American filmmaker and author.
Michael Moore may also refer to:
Academia
* Michael G. Moore (fl. 1970s–2020s), professor of education
* Michael S. Moore (academic) (fl. 1960s–2020s), American law professor
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John O'Shea
John Francis O'Shea (; born 30 April 1981) is an Irish professional football coach and former player. He was known for his versatility in playing several positions on either side of the pitch or the centre.
Born in Waterford, O'Shea joined Man ...
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Denis Pain
Denis Blake Pain (7 January 1936 – 6 July 2019) was a New Zealand jurist and sports administrator. He was a judge of the District Court from 1970 to 1990, subsequently serving as deputy director of the Serious Fraud Office. In the 1980s and ...
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Rose Pere
Rangimārie Te Turuki Arikirangi Rose Pere (25 July 1937 – 13 December 2020) was a New Zealand educationalist, spiritual leader, Māori language advocate, academic and conservationist. Of Māori descent, she affiliated with the iwi Ngāi ...
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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 1921 – 9 April 2021) was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. As such, he served as the consort of the British monarch from E ...
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Alexia Pickering
Alexia Helen Jean Rae Pickering (née Pilcher; 20 May 1930 – 27 April 2017) was a leading New Zealand disabilities rights campaigner.
Early life and family
She was born with spina bifida in Petone in 1930. Aged 10 months, she was operated on ...
Judith Potter
Dame Judith Marjorie Potter (born 23 August 1942) is a former High Court judge in New Zealand.
Early life
Potter was born in the Auckland suburb of Mount Albert on 23 August 1942, the daughter of Winifred Marjorie Potter (née Hall) and Phili ...
Derek Quigley
Derek Francis Quigley (born 31 January 1932) is a New Zealand former politician. He was a prominent member of the National Party during the late 1970s and early 1980s, and was known for his support of free market economics and trade liberalis ...
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Ian Quigley
Ian Terence Quigley (16 October 1931 – 3 May 2016) was a former New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.
Biography Early life and career
Quigley was born in Leeston in 1931, the son of William Quigley. He received his education at Wai ...
Leilani Rorani
Leilani Rorani (formerly Joyce, née Marsh; born 15 April 1974) is a New Zealand former squash player. During her professional career, she reached the world number 1 ranking, won the British Open in 1999 and 2000, and finished runner-up at the ...
Guy Salmon
Guy Winston Salmon (born 1949) is a New Zealand environmentalist.
Salmon was born in 1949; his father was John Salmon. He is executive director of the Ecologic Foundation, an independent policy think tank. He has been involved with this organi ...
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Anand Satyanand
Sir Anand Satyanand, (born 22 July 1944) is a former lawyer, judge and ombudsman who served as the 19th Governor-General of New Zealand from 2006 to 2011.
Satyanand was chair of the Commonwealth Foundation for two 2-year terms, ending in De ...
Brian Shorland
Francis Brian Shorland (14 July 1909 – 8 June 1999) was a New Zealand organic chemist.
Biography
After a BSc and a MSc in organic chemistry he worked for the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, before earning a scholarship to ...
Dryden Spring
Sir Dryden Thomas Spring (born 6 October 1939) is a New Zealand businessman, who was chairman of the New Zealand Dairy Board from 1989 to 1998, chairman of New Zealand Dairy Group from 1982 to 1987, and chairman of ANZ New Zealand from 2007 to 2 ...
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Evelyn Stokes
Dame Evelyn Mary Stokes (née Dinsdale; 5 December 1936 – 15 August 2005) was a professor of geography at the University of Waikato in New Zealand and a member of the New Zealand government's Waitangi Tribunal. Throughout her life she worke ...
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Peter Sutherland
Peter Denis Sutherland (25 April 1946 – 7 January 2018) was an Irish businessman, barrister and Fine Gael politician who served as UN Special Representative for International Migration from 2006 to 2017. He was known for serving in a variety ...
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Rob Talbot
Robert Leslie Gapper Talbot (18 October 1923 – 13 December 2012) was a New Zealand politician who represented the National Party as a Member of Parliament. A Muldoon loyalist, he was a cabinet minister from 1981 to 1984 in the Third Nationa ...
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Brian Talboys
Sir Brian Edward Talboys (7 June 1921 – 3 June 2012) was a New Zealand politician who served as the seventh deputy prime minister of New Zealand for the first two terms of Robert Muldoon's premiership. If the abortive " Colonels' Coup" a ...
Howie Tamati
Howard Kevin Tamati (born 3 January 1953), generally known as Howie Tamati, is a New Zealand politician and former professional rugby league footballer and coach who played for New Zealand. He is the cousin of fellow international Kevin Tamati ...
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Tangaroa Tangaroa
Sir Tangaroa Tangaroa (6 May 1921 – 23 May 2009) was a Cook Islands politician. Born as the only child to Akaruke and Puna, he helped raise his wife's children.
He started his professional life as a government radio operator (1939–1954). In ...
Iritana Tāwhiwhirangi
Dame Iritana Te Rangi Tāwhiwhirangi (born 21 March 1929) is a New Zealand advocate of Māori language education and the Kōhanga Reo movement.
Biography
Born in Hicks Bay on 21 March 1929, Tāwhiwhirangi or auntie E is of Ngāti Porou, Ng ...
John Terris
John James Terris (born 19 June 1939) is a New Zealand politician, priest and broadcaster who represented the Labour Party in the New Zealand parliament.
Biography Early life and career
Terris was born in Wanganui in 1939 to Alexander Roderick ...
Lindsay Tisch
William Lindsay Tisch (born 9 October 1947), known as Lindsay Tisch, is a former New Zealand National Party politician.
Early life
Tisch was born in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1947. When he was a child, his family moved to Matamata. He obtain ...
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Catherine Tizard
Dame Catherine Anne Tizard (née Maclean; 4 April 1931 – 31 October 2021) was a New Zealand politician who served as mayor of Auckland City from 1983 to 1990, and the 16th governor-general of New Zealand from 1990 to 1996. She was the first ...
David Tompkins
Sir David Lance Tompkins (26 July 1929 – 1 July 2023) was a New Zealand lawyer and jurist. He served as a judge of the High Court of New Zealand from 1983 to 1997 and on the benches of the Courts of Appeal of Tonga and Fiji. He was chancello ...
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Charles Upham
Charles Hazlitt Upham, (21 September 1908 – 22 November 1994) was a New Zealand soldier who was awarded the Victoria Cross (VC) twice during the Second World War - for gallantry in Crete in May 1941, and in Egypt, in July 1942. He was the mo ...
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Maureen Waaka
Maureen Te Rangi Rere I Waho Waaka (née Kingi, 5 October 1942 – 1 July 2013) was Miss New Zealand 1962, the second Māori woman to win the title. She later became a local-body politician, serving on the Rotorua District Council for 18 ...
Marilyn Waring
Dame Marilyn Joy Waring (born 7 October 1952) is a New Zealand public policy scholar, international development consultant, former politician, environmentalist, feminist and a principal founder of feminist economics.
In 1975, aged 23, she beca ...
Merv Wellington
Mervyn Langlois Wellington (6 October 1940 – 7 September 2003) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.
Early life and family
Wellington was born in Inglewood in 1940, and received his education at New Plymouth Boys' High School a ...
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Koro Wētere
Koro Tainui Wētere (22 June 1935 – 23 June 2018) was a New Zealand politician. He was an MP from 1969 to 1996, representing the Labour Party. He served as Minister of Māori Affairs in the Fourth Labour Government (1984–1990).
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Davina Whitehouse
Davina Whitehouse (born Eileen Eliza Smith; 16 December 1912 – 25 December 2002), also known by the stage name Davina Craig before her marriage, was an English-born actress, acclaimed for her roles on stage and film in her native land in the ...
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Cliff Whiting
Clifford Hamilton Whiting (6 May 1936 – 16 July 2017) was a New Zealand artist, teacher and advocate for Māori heritage.
Career
In 1955, Whiting began teacher training at Wellington Teachers' College where his artistic talents were quickly ...
Margaret Wilson
Margaret Anne Wilson (born 20 May 1947) is a New Zealand lawyer, academic and former Labour Party politician. She served as Attorney-General from 1999 to 2005 and Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2005 to 2008, during the Fifth L ...
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Greg Yelavich
Gregory Thomas Yelavich (born 8 March 1957) is a competitive pistol shooter from Auckland, New Zealand. As well as winning numerous national pistol titles, Yelavich has the distinction of having won more Commonwealth Games medals than any oth ...
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Neville Young
Neville Garde Austen Young (11 December 1940 – 9 February 2019) was a New Zealand lawyer. He served as president of the National Party from 1986 to 1989.
Early life and family
Born in Christchurch on 11 December 1940, Young was educated at ...
New Zealand Official Year Book New Zealand official publications are frequently quoted by their abbreviation; they include those listed below. Past copies of most by year or session are held in bound volumes in major public libraries.
AJHR, AtoJs, or Appendix to the Journal of ...